<p>does anybody else experience this problem with people who just can't seem to remember your name... or who just can't seem to care to remember your name. i always found this really rude... i couldn't tell if people were doing this on purpose or not. i mean, i always took the effort to learn people's names, even if i don't talk to them, and i do know many people's names. but they'd just look at me funny. ... like, who the hell are you? i find this trend really popular among Americans too. i mean, my name is an easy, one syllable, common name, and they're just like, i can't remember your name! even foreigners and international students can remember my name the second they meet me. i guess i'm just because it's so easy for me to remember names, but nobody seems to care enough to remember me. i mean, i'm in their class, for christ's sake! they're either crappy observers or people who think they're way too important to remember another human being. gosh. :(</p>
<p>what's your name?</p>
<p>Dude seriously, get over yourself. Most of the time, it's not that they're making a conscious effort to hurt you by not remembering your name...it's actually that <em>GASP</em> they have other things to worry about than that kid's name that they met once and will most likely never talk to again other than that one chance meeting.</p>
<p>A lot of people are just really bad at remembering names the first few times they meet you. And, interestingly enough, a lot of times UNCOMMON names are easier to remember because we don't hear them as often. </p>
<p>Sounds like you're the one who needs to work on himself, not the people you're referencing.</p>
<p><em>raises hand</em></p>
<p>i suck at remembering names</p>
<p>its not that i dont try or try not to..its just not easy</p>
<p>what l do i need to work on? maybe i should work on forgetting people's names just so we're even. WtheF. maybe they're not <em>trying</em> to hurt me, but if everybody who isn't <em>trying</em> to hurt me actually does by not remembering my name, i think it'd add up overtime and i just have the right to be , now don't i? well, i don't see things the way you do. what if you need someone's help in the future, and oh gosh darn, you just can't remember their names. now what?</p>
<p>be like..hey, can you help me for a sec??</p>
<p>why are you so worked up?? sounds like you have a serious issue..</p>
<p>caz i am okay.</p>
<p>i think you might need to get over yourself, youre the one who cant handle people not remembering your name</p>
<p>Im really bad at remmebering names, not because I dont care, I am just bad at it. I would never want my inability to hurt someone elses heart and try very hard. In fact, one of my best guy friends is now nicknamed "snuggy" because when we first started hanging out I know he was one of two names (he has an identical twin) and I could tell them apart as to which was my friend and which was the mean one but I didnt know what name went to whom.</p>
<p>Seriously, I sometimes can't remember the name of people I start conversations with. I don't think it's that I don't care; it's that the name isn't what my mind focuses on. If I make an effort to remember the name, I do, but it just doesn't come as a priority for me.</p>
<p>Okay this one true story. There is this really popular girl bunch of us frm my old HS grew up with. First week of HS, my best friend was walking passed her and this girl called her up, and asked hey what is your name, I never saw you before?
My friend retorted we have been in the same class since middle school. "Oh, I guess you are that forgettable," the other girl replied back, and her friends started laughing. Problem was this two had attended the same clubs, we all had hung out together, my best friend had sat next to her in class..</p>
<p>i'm good at remembering names... i guess maybe you need to do something unusual to stand out from the crowd to them?</p>
<p>Believe it or not, I've found that asking some girls what their name is a second time somehow makes them more attracted to you. Go figure.</p>
<p>Do something to make them remember you. Scratch your armpits or something. Then they'll talk about you to everyone, and everyone will know your name.</p>
<p>Why do you care? Sorry to be so blunt, but if they don't care enough to remember your name, why care enough to be bothered by it? I'm sure they're not staying up at night wondering why they keep forgetting your name.</p>
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why do i have to get over myself. i think i'm important enough to be remembered so screw you!
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<p>lol...</p>
<p>remember the following response: :rolleyes: - you'll be getting it a lot with that attitude</p>
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<p>A lot of people are just really bad at remembering names the first few times they meet you. And, interestingly enough, a lot of times UNCOMMON names are easier to remember because we don't hear them as often.</p>
<p>Sounds like you're the one who needs to work on himself, not the people you're referencing.
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<p>QFT .</p>
<p>4321234, </p>
<p>I'm somewhat suprised that you initially thought that peole who didn't remember your name were actually trying to hurt you. You are being a little paranoid. People are usually not very good at remembering other's people name. Get over yourself. Like someone else mentioned, it seems like you need to work on something else.</p>
<p>It takes me a long time to really remember people's names because I don't often adress them by their names. I could talk to someone for weeks and not bring up their name once. Makes it a bit hard to remember names =p</p>
<p>my name is somewhat hard to pronounce at first, so i'll always have someone butchering my name. i've gotten used to it, though... <em>sigh</em>.</p>
<p>i hardly ever remember girls names, unless i make a conscious effort or see them regularly. any guy though and i'll pretty much instantly know, maybe it's the silent acknowledgement dynamics</p>